Panda and I spent the last couple days putting wrench time in on my Dad’s old Peugeot road bike. There is a good story behind this bike. It has been neglected for many many years. Since I want to get to doing something more active than one sit-up a day… I wanted to resurrect this thing from the depths of the basement. This bike was so much fun to work on. Maybe now I understand the fixed gear craze a bit more… because I really had a ton of fun working on this with Panda.This was how the bike started. It is hard to tell in the photo… but it is hella dirty. Someone sprayed it with a fire extingisher… then it molded over. Tires are rotted out, brakes didn’t work, etc
Here you can see the fire extinguisher grossness… and some insulation. The grip was all sorts of rotted/torn away
Dirt detail.
The seat was falling apart
Simplex gear shift paddles… and… some mold
More mold, and cool emblems
My Dad got this bike when I was 1 year old
First night of disassembly and cleaning. Panda was shining up the chrome on the wheels. I was working on cleaning and polishing the frame.
Got some new bits from Cycleworks
Panda working on the brakes
Cycleworks sold me the wrong tyres… so Panda is letting me use an extra pair he had. <3
Panda finished the brakes, we got the wheels all mounted up, and re-gripped the bars… and viola: so fresh and so clean, clean!
We decided to make it a single-speed. I don’t want to go with a fixed gear because I will hurt myself.
MEGAAA THANKS to Panda for all the advice and help. This really was a blast to fix up… even more-so since this bike has family history
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dude, that seat angle is hella screwed up. for your taints sake, and any kid you may ever want to have, grab a level and level that thing out.
LOL. It is already fixed. We were in a hurry to finish so we could go out of town. One long ride with it like that and I wrenched on it quick hahaha.
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My old man has a Peugeout 10 speed like that in the shed except it’s metallic grren. nMust be 30 odd years old. You’ve inspired me to drag it out and clean it up. Cheers K
That is awesome! I had no idea how much fun restoring an old bike could be. Definitely shoot me some pics of the progress! I would love to check it out!n:D
Sweet bike! I’m a huge Peugeot guy with a bunch of Peugeot cars, and picked up an 89′ Peugeot road bike a while back… One of the last ones made by Peugeot Cycles in France… Mine has Sachs components – and was in decent but neglected shape. Basically did what you did (same handle bar wrap even) and it’s a great ride… Matches my uber rare 89′ 505 Turbo 5-sp sedan too… :)
BTW – I’ve sent a couple e-mails about seeing if you would consider selling on of your front non-chrome RGP’s, or if you’re interested in the three rims I have. (17×8.5″) I’m working on a crazy project to fit this to my 89′ 505 Turbo…
Sorry to tag your pic again – but sent a few replies about the RGP’s with no response…
Thanks,